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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 4:21 p.m.

One of the biggest users of electricity in your home is...ready for this? Your television set. So if you want to go green, there's now a new kind of TV set that uses a lot less energy.

LED lights are popping up everywhere. Christmas lights, even traffic lights, and now TV sets are using LED lighting.

"Well, people don't know it exists! When they come in and see it, they are totally surprised." says Vince Cipollone, a store manager at BrandSmart.

The eco-friendly aspect? Samsung says it uses 40% less electricity than other plasma or LCD big screens. Sinclair Crabb bought one just because of that. "Oh yeah yeah yeah. That's right. And where I come from in the Virgin Islands, the electricity bill is very high. And that was part of the reason I bought the TV."

The new LED TVs do not emit any heat. LEDs enerate light, not heat. In fact, Cipollone noticed other big screens kicked out a lot of heat. "I couldn't stand it. So I had the air conditioning guy come in and put in more air."

But lets face it, Television is all about picture quality. Those who have seen the Samsung sets up close say the image is nothing short of astounding.

Now for the bad news. A high-end version can be more than $3,500, but they'll go down in price - and don't forget you save electricity for 15 years.

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